Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati’s TMT practice, with contributions from Domenico Colella, Fabrizio Sanna, Matteo Orsingher, and Marco Consonni, supports clients across digital projects, media regulation, and telecoms infrastructure. Colella, leading the team, advises on strategic digital initiatives, complex outsourcing arrangements, and DORA compliance, including issues related to social media platforms. Sanna focuses on media-regulatory frameworks, investment obligations, streaming requirements, and related proceedings. Orsingher handles copyright and licensing disputes for ISPs and broadcasters, while Consonni guides clients through data-protection compliance and contractual arrangements, as well as providing broader assistance with 5G network development.
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- ‘The strength of this team is the attention to clients' needs. They really understand what clients want and are able to deliver advice that is specifically tailored to those needs. They are very practical and business-oriented. Plus, they have a wealth of experience in dealing with regulators and courts in these areas, often elaborating successful strategies that orient the case law.’
- ‘Marco Consonni is an expert in this area. He has an efficient and business-oriented approach. He is more than just an external advisor because he dives deep to know thoroughly the business of his clients, and he can then deliver advice that is specifically tailored to how clients think about issues. He can also provide strategic direction that helps clients build their plans. ’
- ‘They are a helpful and highly specialised team, always able to provide clients with the most appropriate expertise. They are flexible and modular in creating offers.’
- ‘The people I have worked with are charismatic and competent, and always manage to find a compromise between the law and flexibility for the business.’
- ‘The firm has a deep understanding of its clients' needs and always finds ways to meet them best. Over the years, it has demonstrated great flexibility and expertise, as well as the ability to keep pace with the times and regulatory developments.’
- ‘Our company's point of reference is Domenico Colella, a lawyer who has always stood out for his professionalism, helpfulness, precision, and attention to the client. He has also always managed to achieve even the most challenging goals in terms of both complexity and timing.’
Key clients
- Activision-Blizzard
- Amazon
- Borsa Italiana
- Celonis
- Cirsa
- Deda
- Farfetch
- Ferrari
- ItaliaOnline
- ITV Global Entertainment Limited
- MKS Instruments
- SKY
Work highlights
Assisted Amazon before the Administrative Court in Rome in proceedings regarding the legality of preselected options on e-commerce platforms.
Assisted Twitch before the Italian Communications Authority and later before the Administrative Court in Rome, in connection with alleged violations of the national prohibition on gambling advertising.
Represented Disney in the case against the Municipality of Avetrana that challenged the use of the town name in the title of the client’s series as disparaging.
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Practice head
Domenico Colella
Other key lawyers
Fabrizio Sanna; Marco Consonni; Matteo Orsingher